sábado, 8 de diciembre de 2012

Gentleman's club owner arrested - San Francisco Chronicle

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The owner of Desperado's Gentleman's Cabaret in Carencro has been arrested on federal charges involving drugs and prostitution. The investigation also resulted in the arrest of a University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday that club owner James Panos was arrested Wednesday on a federal complaint charging him with "maintaining drug-involved premises" at his club, which offers nude dancing.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/TJiwe7 ) the case file has been sealed from public view.

But state court documents indicate that at least four others were booked on drug and prostitution counts following a Wednesday raid by state and federal authorities.

The arrests included ULL journalism professor Tyrone Leman Adams, 44, who was booked on a prostitution charge after agents allegedly found him with woman wearing only a G-string in what investigators labeled a "VIP" room, according to affidavit filed to support his arrest.

Adams, who had his shoes off when investigators arrived, admitted that he had paid the woman $150 for sex, and that she had given the "house" a $50 cut, according to the affidavit.

The Wednesday search also yielded cocaine, painkillers, marijuana and methamphetamine, according to the affidavits filed to support other arrests in the case.

A woman identified as an employee of Desperado's, 28-year-old Heather Marie Kelley, was booked on charges of possession of Lortab, possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine and prostitution.

Adams is the Richard D'Aquin Endowed Professor of Journalism at ULL. He has been on a paid leave of absence this semester but is scheduled to teach an online course next year, according to a statement released by the university.

Adams was released Thursday on $800 bail, according to the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

It was unclear whether the suspects have attorneys.

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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com

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